Battle of Kaesong

The Battle of Kaesong occurred in 2007 during the Song Initiative. At the start of the conflict, South Korea occupied the city of Kaesong on the border with South Korea, and the South Koreans made Kaesong their base of operations in the Southern Province of North Korea. The Korean People's Army planned a counteroffensive against the South Koreans and Americans along the Korean DMZ, and the KPA launched an assault on Kaesong. The South Koreans' CIA adviser and de facto leader, Agent Mitchell Buford, hired mercenary Matthias Nilsson to assist in the defense of the city. Nilsson alternated between machine-gun and recoilless rifle positions to fight off each individual KPA wave, with the KPA launching assaults on one sector at a time, and ultimately being held back by machine-gun and recoilless rifle emplacements. North Korean armor and troop transports were destroyed from a distance by the recoilless rifles, and the North Korean assaults were held off until South Korean reinforcements arrived, forcing the North Koreans to retreat. Nilsson was paid $55,000 for his role in helping the South Koreans win the battle.